99mTc-sestaMIBI scanning in thyroid nodules with nondiagnostic cytology

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Giovanella, Luca ^a   Suriano, Sergio ^b   Maffioli, Marco ^a   Ceriani, Luca ^c   Spriano, Giuseppe ^d  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Follicular adenoma; Histology; MIBI scan

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77951533153     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21229     Document Type: Article

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